Rıdvan Şimşek (born 17 January 1991) is a Turkish professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who plays as a

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for

İzmirspor İzmirspor is а Turkish football club based in İzmir, Turkey. They were founded with the name Altın Ay on 25 July 1923. Altın Ay merged with rivals Sakarya and formed İzmirspor on 28 November 1930. They are currently playing in the Turkish ...

Career

Early years

Named by his father, inspired by

Rıdvan Dilmen Rıdvan Dilmen (born 15 August 1962) is a former Turkish footballer who most notably played for Fenerbahçe and Turkey national football team. During his career Rıdvan established himself as one of the most skilled players of the Turkish Supe ...

, a prominent striker in Turkish football history, Şimşek began his career with Karşıyaka at the age of 12. He made his professional debut at the age of 17 in a

TFF First League The TFF 1. Lig, officially known as Spor Toto 1. Lig for sponsorship reasons, is the second level of the Turkish football league system. The league was founded in 2001 as the ''Turkish Second League Category A'' after the reorganization of the ...

match against Kasımpaşa S.K. on September 2008, and became a regular member of the team.

Beşiktaş

Şimşek joined

Beşiktaş Beşiktaş () is a district and municipality of Istanbul, Turkey, located on the European shore of the Bosphorus strait. It is bordered on the north by Sarıyer and Şişli, on the west by Kağıthane and Şişli, on the south by Beyoğlu, and ...

in June 2009 for 1.25 million TRY.Rıdvan Şimşek mutluluktan uçuyor!
He played seven games for them in the

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. He was loaned to Karabükspor and

Elazığspor Elazığspor is a Turkish professional football club located in Elazığ and currently competes in the TFF Third League. They previously played their home games at Elazığ Atatürk Stadium in Elazığ, which had a maximum capacity of 13,923. T ...

in the 2011-12 season.

Gaziantepspor

He was transferred to

Gaziantepspor Gaziantepspor was a Turkish Association football, football club located in the city of Gaziantep. Formed in 1969 and dissolved in 2020, Gaziantepspor were nicknamed the ''Şahinler'' (The Falcons). The club colours were black and red, and they pl ...

in summer 2012.

Back to Karşıyaka

He returned to Karşıyaka in summer 2013.

References

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Şimşek Interview by yesilkirmizi.net
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Simsek, Ridvan 1991 births Living people Footballers from İzmir Turkish footballers Turkey under-21 international footballers Turkey youth international footballers Turkey B international footballers Süper Lig players TFF First League players Karşıyaka S.K. footballers Beşiktaş J.K. footballers Kardemir Karabükspor footballers Elazığspor footballers Antalyaspor footballers Sivasspor footballers Gaziantep F.K. footballers Ankara Keçiörengücü S.K. footballers İstanbulspor footballers Altay S.K. footballers Association football fullbacks